Browse Items (3761 total)

Sort by:

S.H. Kress Historical Marker, image by Harry Egner Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, April 2015.

S. H. Kress store on King Street, site of student sit-in, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1960, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. Eugene Hunt, Avery graduate and Burke High School teacher, encouraged students to protest S. H. Kress’s segregation policies as part of the Charleston Movement.

Ruth Carter, Drew School District, Drew, Mississippi, 1965.

Ruth Carter and her siblings integrated their local schools in the Drew School District in Drew, Mississippi in 1965.

Ruth Carter_SHTDI.mp4

Runaway slave advertisement,The State Gazette of South Carolina,Charleston, South Carolina, August, 7,1786.

The State Gazette of South-Carolina 08_07_1786.png

Runaway slave advertisement,City Gazette and Daily Advertiser,Charleston, South Carolina, January 8, 1808.

City Gazette and Daily Advertiser 01_08_1808.png

Runaway slave advertisement placed by slave master in South Carolina newspaper, ca. late eighteenth to early nineteenth century, courtesy of the University of Southern Mississippi. Advertisement notes that the runaway will most likely go to Charleston, South Carolina, where he has an aunt and uncle.

Runaway slave advertisement.jpg

Runaway advertisement for Viletta, Charleston Mercury, August 21, 1829.

Viletta ad.png

Runaway advertisement for Tom, an enslaved man on the Fickling plantation,, City Gazette and Daily Advertiser, July 23, 1794.

slave ad 1.jpg

Runaway advertisement for Tenah, Charleston Courier, Mary 8, 1822.

Tenah ad.png

Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2

TEST